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Czech Republic Flag
SKU: CZE35P
The original colours of the Czech people were white and red as
a symbol of sovereignty. When Czechoslovakia was established in 1918, the
colours were used in the new national flag of the young state. Reluctant
acceptance by the Slovak community of the flag and its similarity to the
national colours of Poland and the Republic of Austria resulted in the
commissioning of a new Czechoslovakian flag. Josef Kursa designed the flag
together with other Czechoslovak national emblems.
The national flag of the Republic of Czechoslovakia was, by
constitutional law, made up of a lower red field and an upper white field with
a blue wedge situated between the two from the flagpole towards the middle of
the flag. During the German occupation, occupying authorities raised a
tri-colour known as the Protectorate flag consisting of three equally spaced
stripes of white, red and blue. Abroad, the resistance movement retained the
Kursa designed Czechoslovak flag. It was reinstated upon the departure
of the Nazis and would survive through many political and constitutional
changes during the rest of the 20th century including a separate Czech
Republic.
When the Czech and Slovak people decided to separate in 1990,
both divorcing states were charged with developing a constitution and national
flag for their new countries. The Czech and Slovak National Councils
adopted initially new designs incorporating national symbols and colours of
the former Czechoslovakia. It had been decided amongst the parties that
both countries would design new flags. However at the last moment, the
Czech Republic adopted the flag of the former flag of the former independent
of Czech Republic thereby returning to its roots.
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